“Houston, we’ve had a problem”, Mission Control; the damaged Service Module; the dark interior of the spacecraft, April 11-17, 1970
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ID 469158
Lot 447 | “Houston, we’ve had a problem”, Mission Control; the damaged Service Module; the dark interior of the spacecraft, April 11-17, 1970
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
The damaged Service Module after the explosion of an oxygen tank
Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970
Three unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS13-58-8458, AS13-58-8465, AS13-58-8478” in red in top margin (NASA MSC)
447 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Mission Control; “Houston, we’ve had a problem”; NASA administrator Thomas Paine speaking on the phone with President Nixon
Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970, 67:38:00 GET
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption on the verso, numbered “NASA S-70-34903” in black in top margin
447 c
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell
Views of the dark interior of the spacecraft following the transfer from the CM to the “lifeboat” LM
Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970
Four unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA AS13-62-8880, AS13-62- 8892, AS13-62-8898, AS13-62-8900” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
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